tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post2879902787608683519..comments2024-03-22T20:11:44.673-04:00Comments on Saratoga woods and waterways: Back to the Ancient TupelosJacqueline Donnellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-22285256014296868642014-03-03T15:53:51.190-05:002014-03-03T15:53:51.190-05:00Thank you for following up our most enjoyable and ...Thank you for following up our most enjoyable and informative trek with your on site handout and this blog entry. Quite an interesting experience for me.Momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02022797571279621663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-10312486517501631962014-03-03T12:51:36.175-05:002014-03-03T12:51:36.175-05:00Furry Gnome, you won't find Black Tupelos in m...Furry Gnome, you won't find Black Tupelos in much of NY State, either, aside from the Hudson/Champlain valley and along the Mohawk, areas where the climate is somewhat moderated by water. I find them quite often in Saratoga County, always in wetlands or along rivers. Obviously, they have been here a very long time.<br /><br />Thanks, Woody Meristem, for the information about this interesting tree. I credit this tree for inspiring my passion to learn the names of all plants, since the time I first saw it in blazing autumn foliage along the Hudson River at Moreau. I had never seen one before and didn't know what it was. I had to find out, and then I had to know the name of all that grew around it in its riparian habitat. And so I was hooked.Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-46342724108274181282014-03-03T08:55:02.895-05:002014-03-03T08:55:02.895-05:00It's an interesting species, growing in wetlan...It's an interesting species, growing in wetlands and swamps in the South and on high dry sites as well as wetlands here. At least on drier sites they can reproduce by root sprouts like beech does.<br />It's a great species for wildlife, large old hollow trees provide escape cover; younger trees with small hollows are used for nest sites or winter roosts; and the fruit, which looks like a miniature olive, is eaten by many species. <br /><br />Woody Meristemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17042498252608254901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-38689690440603335732014-03-02T22:30:52.802-05:002014-03-02T22:30:52.802-05:00Amazing! I'm not aware of ever seeing a tupel...Amazing! I'm not aware of ever seeing a tupelo in southern Ontario.The Furry Gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485265576983125216noreply@blogger.com